malmr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *malmaz. Cognate to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌼𐌰 (malma, “sand”), English malm. Also cognate to German Mulm and Dutch molm which are derived from Proto-Germanic *mulmaz, which has zero-grade ablaut.

Noun

malmr m

ore, metal
(poetic, heiti) sword
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:non:sverð

Declension

Declension of malmr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	malmr	malmrinn	malmar	malmarnir
accusative	malm	malminn	malma	malmana
dative	malmi	malminum	mǫlmum	mǫlmunum
genitive	malms	malmsins	malma	malmanna

Descendants

Icelandic: málmur
Faroese: málmur
Norwegian Nynorsk: malm; (dialectal) målm’e, målm, mæłm
Norwegian Bokmål: malm
Swedish: malm
Danish: malm

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